Vn. Odinokov et al., Synthesis of optically active analogs of alpha-tocopherol based on (S)-(+)-dihydromyrcene, RUSS CHEM B, 49(9), 2000, pp. 1620-1623
New optically active analogs of a-tocopherol (vitamin E) were synthesized s
tarting from enantiomerically enriched (ee approximate to 50%) (S)-(+)-dihy
dromyrcene.